This week from AGU: Data science, blogs from the fall meeting, & 3 new papers American …

This week from AGU: Data science, blogs from the fall meeting, & 3 new papers American …

GeoSpace Visualizing data science This is part of a new series of posts that highlight the importance of Earth and space science data and its contributions to society. “What is a data scientist?” D.J. Patil, now the U.S. Chief Data Scientist and Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Data Policy, asked an audience of Earth and space scientists during a Dec. 14, 2015 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting Town Hall. Blogs from the 2015 AGU Fall Meeting Large asteroid hit would make the world burn, go dark Ancient solar storms may explain how Mars morphed into a cold, barren desert Climate change and bark beetles spell doom for Rocky Mountain spruce forests A natural experiment: City in pristine Amazon shows pollution alters ecosystem Policy changes in Mongolian capital could improve…